Outline of a Social Meditation Application

This is an outline of a social meditation application that I’ve been considering this morning as a brainstorming thing. The idea is to help those of us isolated without a local sangha with which we sit to sit together (in time) online. Potentially, there is also some support for gamification and peer support by treating it as a kind of social media. Think of Fitocracy for meditation.

This would be a website and an associtated mobile application. I’ll probably use the “sitnow.org” domain for this.

The following is just my initial notes during my thinking between security meetings at work.

Outline of Social Meditation Application

Whether to do this as an iOS (and possibly Android app) or just website application with facebook app extension/integration? I think people will want an application on their phones directly though. The website seems necessary though as at central gathering point for profiles, etc. on the web.

Features / Functionality Brainstorm

User makes account via website or mobile app.

Gives Twitter and Facebook permissions explicitly, if wanted.

Sets their timezone and location (location optional)

User enters friends from e-mail address, Twitter, Facebook, or site accounts friend them and prompt them to potentially make account on system.

Friends must opt in and make account on system to receive messages beyond “join us” email when friend enters their e-mail address.